The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-05-14
SATURDAY, MAY ii, 1887.
NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES.

NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES.
5unday-May 15.-On this day Daniel
O'Connel], the great liberator, died at
Genoa, 1917 The following account
Of bis death is taken from r. Shelton
MacI<enzie's "Bits Of Barney" On
the 18th day OF May, 1S47, having
nearly completed his seventy second
year, Daniel VConnel! departed this
life. lie had quilted the land Of bis
birth Il, seek for renewal of health
beneath more clement skies, SC, be
fore him, had Sir Walter Scott. But
the great novelist was happier than
thu. illustrious orator; and died, at
Least, in his own country, and III his
p,vu house, From The first, it seems
that O'Conuell entertained no hope Of
completing his pilgrimage. Lie
feared, and | think he felt, that he
Was not destined to reach Rome, the
.Eter,,a! City.
The account OF his last days, as given
at the time, by Gahgnani's Messen-
geH [tlie English journal published i'll
paris), is full Of deep interest. 1t is
from the pen Of DIR. Duff, the Eng
ljsh physician who attended him at
Genoa. This gentleman first saw
him Oh the 10th May--i';'t five days
before he died On ts!t: first visit, he
found that the patient bad chronic
bronchitis, OF some years standing.
The next day it was found that cou-
ge.t!on Of the brain had commenced.
On the 18th the illness increased; for
Tie patient, like Byron, had almost
an lnsuperable objection to take med
iciue. Then, for the first time, the
mind began to WAIVER. On the 18th
he became worse, slept heavily during
the night, breathed with difficulty,
fancied himself among his friends in
London, and spoke as il among them.
GA the l4tl the words fell, half
formed, from his lips. Thus he lin:
gered until tue next night, unable 20
move OF speak, but conscious OF the
presence Of those around him. AT
half-past nine OH that night he died.
Had he taken nourjshment and medi-
cine, he might have lived q few days
longer. But not all OF .hlm is dead
his memory remains, aud will long be
kept green in the hearts OF his cOlln-
trynlen,
Had O'Uonne]l lived until the 9Th of
August. he would have completed his
seventy-secon year. RE enjoyed tx
celent health through the greater
part Of his life, and had every chance
Of living to extended Old age. His
family are proyerbially long-]ived; his
uncle Maurice, from whom he inner
tied Derrynane Abby, was 81: when
be died; and O'Connel) repeatedly
said that he intended to live quite as
long, il he could, llor was it unlikely
that he also might approach the pa
tris,rclli;1j age OF one hundred years.
His last words to his physician con-
veyed request that, as be was sure
he would present the appearance Of
death before be actually breathed his
last, they would not suffer the grave
TO be closed TOO promptly over his re
mains, His strong hope was to die in
Rome. his last words soothed and
sanctiijed by the blessings Of 'ote
Plus TX. lie repeatedly expressed a
desire that his heart should rest las it
doesl III one Of the CHI! rehe, Of the
Eternal City. This wish was sug~
gested, it has been said, by the recol-
lection that Robert Bruce had desired
his heart to be conveyed to the Holy
Land and deposited iii the Holy Sep
ulchre at Jerusalem. He died with
out pain, gently as an infant sinks
into lepose, claimed by The resolu-
tions of religion; aud, itseemed to his
attendants, not only content to quit
mortality. but even anxious to be re-
leased. His body was embalmed,
and is deposited in the cemetery Of
Glasnevin near Dublin.
1unday-May 16-Dies Infandum !!
This is the anniversary or the first
landing OF the Anglo ormans in Ire
land, 1l67.
l7.-Pariiament re-